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@Cleverson @Gregarious On #Android there is the best #xmpp client ever called conversations.im by @Daniel Gultsch. General UX and #screenReader #a11y is outstanding. It's very lightweight and highly powerfull at the same time.
Unfortunatelly I don't have tips for screen reader accessible clients for other platforms besides general chat apps lacking #XMPP specific features such as Miranda-NG on Windows and @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox on other platforms as well.
#a11y #xmpp #android #screenreader @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @Daniel Gultsch @Cleverson @Gregarious

Hmm, mildly frustrating that Pidgin is no longer accessible to Orca, but not to worry as Gajim stepped into the breach to fill my XMPP client needs. Is it accessible? Kinda, sorta... I haven't really given it a full test as I would need to find someone else to chat with via XMPP first before I can give a definite answer. At least it's more useable than Dino was with Orca. #A11Y #Accessibility #Blind #XMPP #Linux #accessibilityTesting
#a11y #Accessibility #xmpp #linux #blind #accessibilitytesting

Spent a couple hours playing the visual novel Pizza Game. If you're the kind of person who finds bad My Immortal style #fanfic funny, this will work for you. It's fully #screenreader#accessible in the standard #renpy way, but also has descriptions of the visual jokes; the developer spent time thinking about #A11y, and it didn't just happen thanks to the engine. store.steampowered.com/app/710710/Pizza_Game/#visualnovel

Pizza Game on Steam

Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.
store.steampowered.com
#a11y #accessible #screenreader #VisualNovel #fanfic #renpy

One significant way Mastodon and the Fediverse have transformed digital culture is through the use of alt text. When I look back at my older images online and in my blogs, I rarely included alt text - even though I actively work on accessibility. For some reason, I simply overlooked it.

Now, every time I post something online, I take a moment to write alt text. Mastodon has changed my mindset, and I believe its impact extends far beyond this. The Fediverse encourages a level of consideration for others that no other social networking platform has before.

#A11y #Accessibility #AltText #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialNetwork #SocialMedia

#a11y #Accessibility #fediverse #Mastodon #socialmedia #AltText #socialweb #socialnetwork

#a11y #Accessibility

Using <fieldset> without a <legend> (or using another method for an accessible name) is useless as its semantics are not conveyed to screen reader users. You may as well use <div style="border: 1px solid">

#a11y #webDev #HTML

#a11y #webdev #html

🤔HTML semantics: <abbr> theory versus abbreviation reality

"The HTML <abbr> element is deceptively familiar and attractive, its been around forever (1999) and thus people assume that it does what it does and does it well. Nothing much changed over the iterations of the abbr element definition over the years."

#a11y #webdev #HTML

tpgi.com/short-note-the-abbrev…


Short note: The abbreviation appreciation society - TPGi

The HTML element is an incredibly common, but do you know how you can make it accessible? Find out how in this article.
Steve Faulkner (TPGi)
#a11y #webdev #html

Developers, if you're designing a book app, turning the page for VoiceOver users isn't exactly intuitive. When I am reading a book on the Libby app, for example, an eBook, I have to turn a page every time VoiceOver makes it to the end of the page when I am having it read all. I'd love it if the app would just automatically go to the next page but this is super hard in app development for some reason. Even the Bookshare app is like this. Why? Even when I am reading via Braille display I don't wanna stop to turn a page. It's a digital file. It isn't a print book. Let me scroll like it's 1999 and an HTML document or a giant text file or Word document or *anything else* than what this fresh hell is. #Apple #Libby #WebDev #Accessibility #A11y
#a11y #Accessibility #apple #webdev #libby

I disagree with use cases that rely on CSS, generally at risk from network interruptions and caching, to trigger programmatic state changes in the HTML that references it (see pic). Cart / horse and all.

Instead, use CSS to ensure your programmatic state is correct. Eg: adrianroselli.com/2021/06/usin…

#a11y #accessiblity #css #html

Change certain HTML attributes via CSS (hello --aria-expanded!)

Using CSS to Enforce Accessibility

The CSS3 logo as a head atop a torso with its arms folded across its chest. I am a big proponent of the First Rule of ARIA (don’t use ARIA). But ARIA brings a lot to the table that HTML does not, such as complex widgets and state information that…
Adrian Roselli
#a11y #html #css #accessiblity

🆕 article from @TetraLogical

Meet Josh: a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy

"The missing piece is usability testing with disabled users. Even with good intentions, accessibility efforts can fall short without real user involvement."

#disability #a11y

tetralogical.com/blog/2025/02/…


Meet Josh: a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy - TetraLogical

Meet Josh, a sportsman who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Between training for the Olympics and his busy day job, Josh talks to us about how navigating the web is constantly evolving, how he adapts to various assistive technologies, and his hopes and c…
TetraLogical
#a11y #Disability @TetraLogical

The Braille Institute created a font designed to make reading easier for people with low vision called Atkinson Hyperlegible in 2019.

It just released an update (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) and monospace version with enhanced characters, 7 weights, and variable weight.

They’re free for personal and commercial use.

brailleinstitute.org/freefont/…

#a11y


Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute

Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
Braille Institute
#a11y

#a11y #Accessibility

If you haven't dipped your toes into Next Gen Access, here's a taste of what Season 1 had to offer! We talk about innovations in NVDA, VoiceOver, JAWS, ZoomText, Fusion, and More! We have an assortment of amazing Panelist including Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Shelly Brisbin, Robin Christopherson , Carrie Morales , Sam Seavey , and many more talented people! Listen to this highlights of our first season. pinecast.com/listen/c89a824d-5… #a11y
#a11y

Interesting breakdown of how Google has gone off the accessibility rails, among other rails, while also framing some common corp methods for reframing needs into revenue streams.
buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archive/…

Original post for following:
kolektiva.social/@FractalEcho/…

#a11y #accessibility

Rua M. Williams

2025-02-08 21:21:04

mastodon - Link to source

Thank You For Your Feedback Loop is a monthly newsletter that will share previously unpublished reporting and analysis on the elite capture of disability movements.

The first post, "The Rise and Fall of Access" is available now.

buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archive/…

#accessibility #DEIA #DEI

Image: text on a muted purple background. Circular Thank you for your feedback Loop logo. February 8, 2025 The Rise and Fall of Access Thank You For Your Feedback Loop is a monthly newsletter that will share previously unpublished reporting and analysis on the elite capture of disability movements. by: Liz Jackson & Rua M. Williams In the Year 2000, Google’s 23rd employee, Paul Buchheit was pulled into a “meeting to decide on the company’s corporate values.” He was fairly new to Google, but was keenly attuned to the hypocritical practices of its competitors, and as such, found himself resistant to corporate platitudes.

The Rise and Fall of Access

by: Liz Jackson & Rua M. Williams In the Year 2000, Google’s 23rd employee, Paul Buchheit was pulled into a “meeting to decide on the company’s corporate...
Thank You For Your Feedback Loop

#a11y #Accessibility

This is an effort to make my career illegal.

“The new memo claims that it will target private sector DEIA initiatives for potential ‘criminal investigation.’”
archive.is/OSx8H

#a11y #accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility #github #podcast #AI

Experimented yesterday with Fedora’s KDE spin… I was shocked by the level of accessibility, although it wasn’t perfect. My primary issues with it were that I had to use a lot of Orca’s navigation commands to read panels in the systems settings app, and I had major issues with Konsole, the default terminal app. I wasn’t able to read any of the information in that particular apps interface using Orca. I also tried the Fedora workstation edition, which uses Gnome as it’s a desktop environment. Let’s just say that was not worth my time. Had accessibility issues there as well, and surprisingly it was worse than the experience I had with KDE. I know KDE defaults to Wayland, as does Gnome, but KDE’s accessibility implementation seems to be a lot better than what Gnome has under Wayland, with the exceptions I’ve previously mentioned. Incidentally, the X 11 experience with Gnome is actually worse now than it was previously. For example, the terminal app does not even open for me. I should also note that all this is under Fedora 41, so people aren’t confused. #A11Y #Accessibility #Blind #Experiments #Linux #Fedora41 #KDePlasma #Gnome #Wayland #X11
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #blind #gnome #experiments #Wayland #x11 #kdeplasma #fedora41

New post: “Which VoiceOver?”
adrianroselli.com/2025/02/whic…

Just because something behaves a certain way in VoiceOver doesn’t mean it behaves that way in VoiceOver.

#a11y #accessibility


Which VoiceOver?

You may have seen this as a thread on Mastodon (my primary social short-form platform) or on BlueSky. Imagine these as the opening to a series of conversations between a vendor or client or boss or PO or whomever and me.
Adrian Roselli
#a11y #Accessibility

Oof, all this Linux distro hopping I've been doing lately... Currently running Linux Mint with the Mate desktop, but it has some accessibility issues that make it rather annoying to use for certain things. First, there's the issue where Tuba just doesn't want to read out posts to me via Orca, using Dino as an XMPP client is worse from an accessibility perspective & attempting to check some boxes in the Mullvad VPN settings just plain doesn't work while using Orca. I've also tried Fedora 41 with Mate, and that's better accessibility-wise, and I've even tried Ubuntu itself with the Mate desktop, with somewhat better accessibility results. At least I solved the issue of getting video to display on my TV here in the living room, so a 1920x1080 display on a 65 inch TV (I could go as high as 3840x2160 on the TV as it's a 4K TV, but having tiny ass text is just meh...). Going to continue experimenting, and hopefully I can find a distro that will make me happy. Sorry for the long post, but felt like sharing my Linux experiences as a blind person with the fediverse at large. #Linux #DistroHopping #Experimentation #A11Y #Accessibility #Blind #LinuxMint #Fedora #Ubuntu
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #blind #linuxmint #ubuntu #fedora #distrohopping #experimentation

Promised I'll be dropping in with examples of good #A11y in different countries and then I broke the promise. Coincidentally, I was asked to fill in a survey where one of the questions was about this very subject so I'll share one of the examples I gave there. In Austria, the qualified electronic signature is one of the state e-government services. A tool was built to allow screen reader users to insert their e-signature into any PDF document. The signature can be both visible and / or just a digital finger print, possible to verify through a qualifying verification tool. The visible signature can be inserted in one of three ways: 1. You place it right at the end of the document. If there's place enough, it should land in the line below the last one where there is content, otherwise, a new page is created. 2. The provider of the document can first place a QR code at a place in the document they choose, then the signee can replace this QR code with their own signature. 3. The provider of the document can determine coordinates in pixels where the signature should be placed and the signee enters them on their side to place the signature. pdf.egiz.gv.at/ #Accessibility #Austria #Blind
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #austria

Be a Dolphin not a Shark: Using cooperation over conflict to advance digital accessibility (Paris Web)

Lainey shares "share stories and strategies from 3 decades of accessibility convincing with public and private organizations"

paris-web.fr/2024/conference/b…

#a11y #accessibility #ParisWeb


Be a Dolphin not a Shark: Using cooperation over conflict to advance digital accessibility - Paris Web

This session will share stories and strategies from 3 decades of accessibility convincing with public and private organizations. Have you ever tried to convince someone of the value and importance of …
Paris Web
#a11y #Accessibility #parisweb

Great talk by @mrchrisadams at @fosdem this year. Loved how he explored #WCAG's #POUR in the context of older devices. Not everyone can update their devices every 2 years, but absolutely nobody should!

#FOSDEM #A11y #WSG #WCAG

Chris talking about the CO2 for the Green Web Foundation.
#a11y #fosdem #wcag #pour #wsg @FOSDEM @Chris Adams

The US Web Design System has deleted it's info on inclusive design, in response to the 2025-01-20 Executive order "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing".
github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pu…

If you know anyone who used those resources, let them know about the Inclusive Design principles:
inclusivedesignprinciples.info…

#accessibility #a11y #inclusion


Remove content related to 1/20/25 EO by thisisdano · Pull Request #3078 · uswds/uswds-site

Summary Removed report link and introduction. Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 Executive Order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing". This...
GitHub
#a11y #Accessibility #inclusion

@Tutanota How do you plan to act on the a11y issues on the web/app? The roadmap doesn't talk about that and The BFSG comes into force in Germany on June 8, 2025.

> If your company operates in Germany or targets German users, you should make all content on your website or app accessible – from the homepage to the cookie banner. Otherwise, you risk not only high fines, but also reputational losses and missed business opportunities .

consentmanager.net/en/knowledg…

cc @juliemoynat

#a11y #tuta #mail


Digital Accessibility in Germany: Requirements for Websites and Apps - consentmanager - English

Compliance with German accessibility laws - BFSG, BITV 2.0 and BGG. Make sure your website or app meets all requirements. For private and public companies.
Sophia Hertzke (consentmanager - English)
#a11y #mail #tuta @Tuta @Julie Moynat

If you're using a physical keyboard on your Android device and prefer to use a different launcher, you can still use the keyboard shortcuts that your device offers. Speaking for Samsung, I can still use the native keyboard shortcuts using Nova Launcher as my home screen replacement #Android #A11y
#a11y #android

#a11y #Accessibility

Over at @LFLegal’s site:

“The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility; Guest article by civil rights and accessibility lawyer Eve Hill”
lflegal.com/2025/01/week-one-e…

#a11y #accessibility


The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility

Below I share a blog post written by Eve Hill, one of the best disability rights lawyers and digital accessibility legal specialists in the United States. (More about Eve at the end of this article.
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
#a11y #Accessibility @Lainey Feingold

"A picture says a thousand words."

I'd like to amend that phrase:
"A picture says a thousand words but says nothing if you don't include alt text."

Alt text is a means of providing a visual description of what is in the image. If not included anything you are trying to portray is lost for people with blindness or a vision impairment.

I love to boost and like posts on the Fediverse but don't if there is no alt text present. It's not a hard task to do and most social web apps have the option to remind you to add alt text before you post them.

Please make your posts accessible to all and make the social web a truly inclusive environment.

#a11y #AltText #images #accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility #images #AltText

@CarrieOnA11y It's great seeing you on this platform. Maybe you've been on it for a while and I missed it. 😀 There's a thriving community out here that's really passionate about blindness assistive technology and so I hope that you find some good conversation out here. Welcome to Mastodon if you're new to it!! #A11y
#a11y @Carrie On Accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility

"because nobody in Linuxland gives a shit about #a11y or your needs." -- has Debian rejected your patch to fix the issue and told you to screw yourself? What a bunch of dumbass!!

Joking aside, It's frustrating for sure, but no one is trying to get one over you or maximize shareholders' return. No one owe you anything for the free work they are doing.

#a11y

Hi @Tutanota

I want you to know that your CAPTCHA is inaccessible for disabled people:
- blind people can't see the clock;
- visually impaired people may not be able to see it correctly too;
- dyscalculic people (like me!!) have difficulties reading a clock (moreover when all numbers are not written on it)!

I think this @w3c documentation should interest you to fix it: w3.org/TR/turingtest/

I hope you will do something so that everyone can use your services. Thanks.

#accessibility #a11y

A captcha where you need to copy the hour displayed on the image of a clock where you can see 3, 6, 9, 12 and other numbers are dots.

Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA

Various approaches have been employed over many years to distinguish human users of web sites from robots. The traditional CAPTCHA approach asking users to identify obscured text in an image remains common, but other approaches have emerged.
www.w3.org
#a11y #Accessibility @Tuta @World Wide Web Consortium

Even completely headless, command line #linux doesn't prioritize #accessibility in any way. Today I had to reinstall an entire #debian system from scratch because a drive listed in my /etc/fstab died. That makes #systemd boot into emergency mode, where you get no SSH, no network, no sound, and no screen reader. There is no quick way to force it to try and boot even though drive 7 of 11 has died, and it could absolutely bring up SSH and the network to let me fix it if it wanted to, just like sysvinit used to do. You can't even force systemd to add SSH and the network to emergency mode because of circular dependencies. nofail will only continue the boot if the drive doesn't exist, but if the filesystem has issues...emergency mode for you. In short: if your drive dies on Linux, fuck you. Be able to see, or reinstall your entire system, because nobody in Linuxland gives a shit about #a11y or your needs.
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #debian #systemd

Not sure if it's me, a Firefox add-on, or the Europarl website, but the audio catpcha option to register doesn't work for me.

#EU #a11y

#a11y #EU

#a11y #Accessibility #neurodivergent #Disabled #jobs #deaf #bbc

#a11y #blind #inklusion #make @metalab

#a11y

I don't know exactly the ways and means yet, but I'm planning to cover the impact the new administration's disolving federal DEI in its many forms will have on services and programs for people with disabilities, including accessibility of government information. Send me tips, contacts, stories. #a11y
#a11y

"dyslexia simulators'' spread misinformation.

these "simulators" typically show letters being swapped around within words.

but #dyslexia is not a visual processing disorder. a person reading in Braille will still be dyslexic. a person reading in a language with no alphabet, like Chinese, will still be dyslexic.

people with dyslexia are #neurodivergent.

we don't have "simulators" for other neurodivergencies, like autism or adhd.

#a11y folks, we don't need them for dyslexia either.

#a11y #neurodivergent #dyslexia

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